economics research analyst from irvine, california... and our returning champion, a senate staff aide originally from iowa cianwa... and now here is the host of "jeopardy!" -- alex trebek! thank you, johnny gilbert. thank you, ladies and gentlemen. and welcome back to our regular series of jeopardy! games. you know, one of tcial things about that teachers tournament that just ended is that -- and i hope this is true of you also -- it helped bring back memories